Wednesday, 08 July 2009
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Banking Bailout Trivia
Some documented facts regarding the banking bailout you may not be aware of:
- According to a Los Angeles Times/Bloomberg poll, only 31% of Americans supported the bailout.
- How was the amount of $700 Billion determined? "It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."
- Citigroup of NY, the largest bank in the world (by revenues in 2008), received $20 Billion + from US taxpayer bailout money.
- It was recently documented that $500M of this Citigroup money is going overseas to Saudi billionaire Maan al-Sanea Saudi and his businesses.
The following banking videos have a rare five out of five rating by Google viewers:
http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=%22monopoly+men%22 - Monopoly Men (47 minutes) http://video.google.com/videosearch?q=moneymasters - Money Masters (209 minutes)
According to the Bible, if a woman is being raped and yet remains silent and doesn't cry out, then she actually shares in the guilt. But if it happens in a deserted area and she cries out, but there is no one to help, then she is truly a victim. (Deut. 22:25-28)
Is my metaphor too extreme? Look into the history of the US Federal Reserve and the history of US banking.Were you among the approximately 31% in favor of the bailout?
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Wow. I don't support the bailout at all. We have a capitalist economy and should remember that.
How was the amount of $700 Billion determined? "It's not based on any particular data point," a Treasury spokeswoman told Forbes.com. "We just wanted to choose a really large number."
I found that highly amusing, and sort of pathetic.
Nice post, I agree with your sentiments about the bailout.
I find it ironic that the bankruptcies are continuing after all that money was spent.
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@jupiter312@xanga - @abcdefgaby@xanga - @MusicologyNut85@xanga - @HoustonV - Since I wrote the above article I changed it a little to emphasize the new bill to audit the Fed. You can see the revised article at this link and the Fed audit info here. Maybe you didn't have a choice in terms of the bailout but you can contact your political representative to support the audit of the Fed if you believe it is a good idea.